I wonder what the average distance is that people in this country live from a fruit bearing bramble.
My main supply is just the other side of my garden fence. I get to keep an eye on them ripening and can go out and pick them ad lib. And there's no one else competing for them.
I know of several other good sources nearby that are mostly left untouched but I just don't have the time to forage them all. Such a shame to see so much good free food go to waste.
Mind you...
I still find it slightly amazing that people pay for blackberries.
Sainsbury's charge £2 for a 150g punnet. By that reckoning, I've just picked £20 worth of blackberries in half an hour, which works out as a better rate than I get paid by my employer.
And there are loads left, ripening nicely.
...maybe it would be worth my while to take a fruit picking holiday and sell the harvest.